You know, they may be able to spring back if they looked at small RPG niche companies like NIS and took some notes: Lots of cheapish reusable sprites rather than immaculately crafted 3D models. Lots of game mechanics and good writing. They could probably slash development costs so much with that, they could even include a range of different endings. They wouldn’t have to turn it into a funny over the top fanservice fest like NIS loves, but if they could stop being so obsessed with perfect hyperdetailed scenes, they could actually make a world with some depth to it.

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@SpideyPHL: The thing is, while they’re at very different scales, they both find themselves surprised by their results: NIS: “Why is Neptunia doing so well? Ok – I guess we’ll make some more then!” S-E: “Oh my god… Why isn’t Final Fantasy selling? What can we do to stay afloat???” Whether you’re making a game to sell 10 units or 10,000,000, you want to hit, or even exceed your target. When that starts failing, going further in the direction that got you there is not a good idea, especially in …

Well, we know what they won’t make: FF7, or a large profit. They should have remade FF7, maybe around 2005. Now, I’m kind of glad they won’t touch it, because I no longer have faith that they could even retrace their steps. It’s a different company now.

Right… so since someone who once proposed an ad for Clinton said something dumb, Clinton is the antichrist here to take our anime away. Vote instead for the most dangerous sociopath to have entered American politics. This site works a lot better without American politics TBH, especially when the level of facepalm induction is that high. This fool speaks for Clinton’s policy points in the same way the most backward Narutard speaks for all of us.

I loved all the Mario Bros games, before they were even “super”, but 64 killed it for me. It was insufferable. 3D platformers are an awful idea. That’s one reason there’s such a return to 2D platformers now. I’ve tried some later Marios like Galaxy too, but… it’s just a chore.

That’s why I didn’t get a WiiU and sadly can’t play Splatoon… They dropped the Wii so fast and hard it was still on shelves (they’d just launched a refresh!) when they killed all the online features. I mean, if its shelf life turns it into such a rental, then just lend me the hardware for free or fee and I’ll pay to use the software. I’m not buying it outright for a quick fling.